Nitric oxide and peroxynitrite platelet levels in women with small-for-gestational-age fetuses

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-21

  Nanetti, L ^a   Giannubilo, S R ^a   Raffaelli, F ^a   Curzi, C M ^a   Vignini, A ^a   Moroni, C ^a   Tanase, L ^a   Carboni, E ^a   Turi, A ^a   Mazzanti, L ^a   Tranquilli, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide; Peroxynitrite; Platelets; Pregnancy; SGA

Indexed keywords

3 NITROTYROSINE; DICHLOROFLUORESCEIN; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PEROXYNITRITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LEVEL; CENTRIFUGATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RESTRICTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; METABOLITE; MOLECULAR PROBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THROMBOCYTE;

ADULT; BLOOD PLATELETS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PEROXYNITROUS ACID; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD;

EID: 36749032285     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01567.x     Document Type: Article

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